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Encyclopedia: Woodpecker

Woodpeckers are near passerine birds of the order Piciformes. They are found worldwide and include about 180 species (including the famous ivory-billed).

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How to say "Woodpecker" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	啄木鸟科
	(Japanese)	キツツキ亜科 (Sibley)
	(German)	Spechte
	(Spanish)	Picidae
	(French)	Picinae
	(Italian)	Picidae

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Sibley-Monroe checklist 2

Melanerpes candidus White Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes herminieri Guadeloupe Woodpecker Melanerpes portoricensis Puerto Rican Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani Black-cheeked...

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Black Woodpecker

Black Woodpecker Black Woodpecker with young (Finland, June 2003). Scientific... Woodpecker , Dryocopus martius, is a large woodpecker. It lives in mature forest across the... Europe. It does not migrate. The plumage of this crow-sized woodpecker is entirely black apart from...

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Three-toed Woodpecker

Three-toed Woodpecker Scientific Classification : Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class... name Picoides tridactylus ([Carolus Linnaeus|[Linnaeus]], 1758) The Three-toed Woodpecker , Picoides tridactylus , is a medium-sized woodpecker. Adults are black on the head, wings and rump. They...

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Picus

In Greek and Roman mythology, Picus was a man turned into a woodpecker by Circe for scorning her love. His wife was Canens, a nymph, who killed herself after he was transformed. They had one son, Faunus. Picus is also a genus of woodpecker...

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Okinawa Woodpecker

Okinawa Woodpecker Status: Critical Scientific classification : Animalia Phylum... Binomial name Sapheopipo noguchii (Seebohm, 1887) The Okinawa Woodpecker ( Sapheopipo noguchii ) is a woodpecker endemic to the island of Okinawa in Japan. This is a medium-sized (31cm), dark...

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Ivory-billed Woodpecker

Ivory-billed Woodpecker Status: Critical Scientific classification Kingdom... Species: principalis Binomial name Campephilus principalis Ivory-billed woodpecker ( Campephilus principalis ) is a member of the woodpecker family Piciformes . This 50 centimeter long...

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Black-backed Woodpecker

Black-backed Woodpecker Scientific Classification : Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class... name Picoides arcticus (Swainson, 1832) The Black-backed Woodpecker ( Picoides arcticus ) is a medium-sized woodpecker. Adults are black on the head, back, wings and rump. They are white from the...

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Flameback

. shorii D. javanense D. benghalense C. festivus C. lucidus The flamebacks are large woodpeckers... golden or crimson backs. These species belong to the two woodpecker genera Dinopium and Chrysocolaptes... Woodpecker, Dinopium rafflesii Himalayan Flameback, Dinopium shorii Common Flameback, Dinopium...

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Flicker

Flicker has more than one meaning: A flicker is a type of woodpecker Flicker was rhythm guitarist for the Manic Street Preachers Flicker is a book by Theodore Roszak flicker occurs on a screen at low refresh rates...

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Imperial Woodpecker

Imperial Woodpecker Status: Critical Scientific classification : Animalia Phylum... Binomial name Campephilus imperialis (Gould, 1832) The Imperial Woodpecker ( Campephilus imperialis ) is (or was) a member of the woodpecker family Piciformes . It is the world's largest...

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